Browns Lane in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

, England

England

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 was originally built as a World War II

World War II

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 shadow factory run by the Daimler Motor Company

Daimler Motor Company

The Daimler Motor Company Limited was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H J Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry. The right to the use of the name Daimler had been purchased simultaneously from Gottlieb Daimler and Daimler Motoren...

. In 1951 it was leased by Jaguar Cars and remained the company's home until 2005. It was the site of all Jaguar production until 1998, when production of the Jaguar S-Type

Jaguar S-Type

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 commenced at Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich

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, as well as the firm's corporate headquarters and the home of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. Although the site runs the length of Browns Lane, its proper entrance is now on Coundon Wedge Drive.

Jaguar's production at Browns Lane waned over the years, as new models ranges were assigned to Castle Bromwich Assembly

Castle Bromwich Assembly

Castle Bromwich Assembly is a factory owned by Jaguar Cars. It is located on the Chester Road in Castle Vale, Birmingham, England.The facility currently handles body stamping operations, body assembly, paint and trim, and final assembly for the Jaguar XF, Jaguar XJ and Jaguar XK...

 in Birmingham

Birmingham

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 and Halewood Body & Assembly

Halewood Body & Assembly

Halewood Body & Assembly is a Jaguar Land Rover production facility based in Halewood, Merseyside, England.Halewood was originally opened by the Ford Motor Company on 2 October 1963 to build the then small-saloon sized Ford Anglia...

 in Halewood, although the core Jaguar XJ

Jaguar XJ

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 and XK

Jaguar XK

The Jaguar XK series is a series of grand tourer cars produced by British car maker Jaguar since 1996. The series was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show on 5 March 1996. The first generation of the series, the XK8, replaced the XJS, and was available as a coupé and convertible...

 ranges remained on the site until they moved to Castle Bromwich in 2005. Subsequently, the Browns Lane site housed just the headquarters and museum as well as 500 staff responsible for wood veneering for Jaguar, Aston Martin

Aston Martin

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, and Land Rover

Land Rover

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. Although the headquarters has now moved to the Whitley plant

Whitley plant

The Whitley plant, situated in Whitley, Coventry in the West Midlands of England, is one of the engineering centres of Jaguar Land Rover and the headquarters of Jaguar Cars...

, Whitley, Coventry

Whitley, Coventry

Whitley is a suburb of southern Coventry in the West Midlands of England.-Industry and commerce:Whitley is the home of the Whitley plant, which is the Engineering Centre and Headquarters of Jaguar Cars Limited...

, the Wood Shop, Museum and Pilot Build Workshop are still on site at Browns Lane. Australian property firm Macquarie Goodman announced its purchase of Browns Lane in 2007.

The Browns Lane plant assembly halls were demolished in late 2008.

In 2010 a portion of the site was purchased by International housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, who are currently building a selection of 2, 3, 4, & 5 bedroom homes on the site and first completions will be in August 2011.

The remainder is now known as Lyons Park.